The United Nations is deeply concerned about possible civilian casualties following an airstrike that hit the Ibn-Al-Athir hospital compound in Mosul yesterday. The Spokesperson for the Combined Joint Task Force has confirmed responsibility for the strike.

(Baghdad, 17 October 2016): The intensification of military operations to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) could affect up to 1.5 million people in the city. Up to 1 million girls, boys, women and men may be forced from their homes, of which up to 700,000 may be in need of shelter assistance. Up to 200,000 people may be displaced in the first weeks of the operations. The humanitarian community, UN Agencies and NGOs, have been planning and readying assistance for months.

(Baghdad, 16 March 2016): Humanitarian partners are rushing to provide emergency assistance to an estimated 35,000 people who have been newly displaced in hard-to-reach areas west of Ramadi.

Lise Grande, the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator said, “Thousands of people who have been trapped in Heet for months are trying to reach safety. The UN doesn’t have full access and we are very worried that some of the families who are escaping are in areas very close to the front lines. We are worried for their safety.”

(Baghdad/Erbil, 20 February 2016): The United Nations is deeply worried about thousands of civilians who are trapped in Fallujah and in Sinjar district. “Urgent steps need to be taken to alleviate the suffering of people struggling to survive in Iraq. As humanitarians, we have a common responsibility to save lives.

(Baghdad, 27 July 2015): The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, Ms. Lise Grande,
confirmed today that 184 front line health services have been suspended because of the paralysing
funding shortfall for humanitarian activities in Iraq. More than 80 per cent of general health
programmes supported by humanitarian partners are now shut, directly impacting one million
people. “At a time when the people of Iraq need us the most, we are letting them down,” Ms.
Grande said.

The United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General/Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq – Ms. Lise Grande and the UNHCR Representative in Iraq - Neill Wright today visited some of the Iraqi families recently displaced from Al Baghdadi district in the western province of Anbar.

Jacqueline Badcock, United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq

20 June 2014

I am deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation for hundreds of thousands of women, children and men in Iraq who have been forced from their homes by the recent upsurge in violent conflict.

The United Nations estimate that half a million people have fled Mosul and tens of thousands have fled the governorates of Diyala and Salah ad-Din, many with few or no resources of their own to sustain themselves in displacement for very long.

Sadly, this was not the first time that
UN workers have lost their lives - or have been murdered. Even more
sadly this will not be the last. Yet, the Canal Hotel bombing was
unique in a number of ways including its savagery (22 killed, more than
150 injured) and its circumstances.

Tehran, 09 April 2003 (United Nations
Resident Coordinator's Office) - UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq
Ramiro Lopes da Silva arrived in Tehran late Tuesday for a two-day visit
aimed at discussing current efforts of the United Nations in connection
with the crisis in Iraq.